Bed-protector.



J. P. KAMPE.

BED 'PROTEGTOR.

APPLICATION IILEDNOV. 26, 1910.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.,

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JOHN F. KAMPE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BED-PROTECTOR.

Application filed November 26, 1910.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

Serial No. 594,263.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN F. KAMPE, a citizenof the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBed-Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bed attachments, the object of the inventionbeing to provide an attachment for the head and foot members or boardsofbeds by means of which the injuring, mutilation and marring of thesemembers when on the floor for exhibition purposes is avoided, one of thefeatures of the invention being to provide an improved attachment simplein construction, readily attached, and inexpensive to manufacture andwhich will act as an efiicient guard, protector orbuifer to prevent thehead or foot member of one bed from striking a similar member of anotherbed, especially when the head and foot members are made up of brasstubing or similar ornamental structures.

In the drawings accompanying and form ing part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ordinary metal formed bed havingone form of this improved buffer attachment secured thereto, thestructure being shown with the ordinary short side bars usually usedwhen the same is displayed on the floor of a salesroom or store room;Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view of one portion of one of thesebuffer attachments; Fig. 3 is a side, partly sectional, viewillustrating a somewhat different form of this improved attachment; Fig.4 is an enlarged detail perspective view illustrating the form of theattachment shown in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a plan view illustrating theaction of this improved attachment in the shifting of two beds intoengagement.

In practice the ordinary metal beds when placed upon the floor of asalesroom or store room have the head and foot members thereof connectedby short side bars, so that the structure will not take up anyunnecessary room, and in the shift-ing of these structures around forshow or other purposes the head or foot of one structure frequentlyknocks against a similarly formed part of another structure or bed,often very much marring and damaging both structures, especially whenformed of brass tubes or other ornamental posts or members. To preventthis, this improved attachment is provided.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the attachment consists of a buffermember 2 comprising a metal strip or bar 3 having curved ends 4 adaptedto project around the end posts of the head or foot board or member 5 or6. This member 2 is maintained spaced apart and away from the head orfoot board by brackets 7 having bent ends 8 adapted to be bolted to thebufler member 2. The opposite end of each bracket,two being sufficientfor each head or foot member,is hook-shaped as at 9 and adapted to hookover the edge of the angle members 10 carried at the head and foot ofthe bed. Each bracket 7 is provided with an elongated slot 11 for thereception of a hook bolt 12, the hook end of which extends under thevertical portion of the angle bar 10, being clamped thereto by a nut 13carried on the threaded end of such hook bolt in a manner very clearlyshown in Fig. 2. One of these brackets is located adjacent to each endof the angle bar and thus supports the buffer member outside of the heador foot board, so that the butter member will be spaced apart from thehead or foot member carrying it, with the curved end thereof in positionto extend around and protect the posts. It will be understood, ofcourse, that one of these bulfer members is carried at the head and oneat the foot of each bed.

As the mattress supporting side bars and the angle bars hereinbeforereferred to in all beds are of substantially the same height, it followsthat when each bed is provided with a pair of buffer attachments of thecharacter shown the buffer attachment of one structure will engage thatof another in the manner shown in Fig. 5 when one or more of the bedsare moved around on the floor.

In the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4 this improved buffer attachment issecured to the side bars instead of to the angle bars at the ends of thebed. In other words, the short side bars used when the structure isdisplayed on the floor are done away with and in place thereof shortside bars of an improved form provided. These side bars each comprise ahorizontal member 15 having a pair of clamping members 16 adapted toengage the end angle bars or members 10, so that in place of thebrackets 7 herelnbefore referred to the buifer attachment may be secureddirectly to the ends of the side bars, which project beyond the head andfoot boards in the manner shown in Figs. 3 and 4:. These horizontalsidebars are provided with depending bent ends 17 to which the bufferattachments or bars 2 are attached in the same manner as they are shownin Fig. 1 to the brackets 7. Each of the clamping attachments 16comprises a pivotal block 18 having a rabbet 19 adapted to project underthe horizontal portion of the angle bars 10, being secured in clampingposition relative thereto by a suitable thumb nut 20 carried by athreaded end of a bolt projecting from the clamping block 18 and throughan elongated slot 23, by means of which the clamping block can beslipped back and forth into position and by means of which also the headand foot boards can be brought closer together or placed farther apart,as may be desired. Riveted to the side bar so as to engage the oppositeside of the depending portion of the end angle bar 10 is a clampingmember or bracket 21.

By securing the side bars to the end angle bars 10 in the manner shownin Figs. 3 and 4, one adjacent to each side of the bed, in place of theordinary side bars, it will be observed that the ends carrying thedepending portions 17 of the side bars project beyond and outside of thehead and foot boards or members of the bed and in position to receivethe buffer attachments 2 hereinbefore referred to, which are bolted tothe ends 17 in the manner specified.

In both forms of the improvement the buffer attachment is provided withan elongated slot at the points where it is clamped either to thebrackets shown in Fig. 1 or to the ends of the side bars, so that thebrackets 7 in theform shown in Fig. 1 may be moved toward and from eachother along the end angle bars 10 or the short side bars shown in Figs.3 and 4 slipped toward and from each other if desired.

I claim as my invention:

1. In combination with a bed, a protecting means located at the outsideof and spaced from the head or foot member thereof for protecting suchhead or foot from knocks, said protecting means projecting beyond butterminating adjacent to the end posts of such head or foot member.

2. In combination with a bed, a protecting attachment located at theoutside of and extending in the same direction as and spaced from thehead or foot member thereof at substantially the height of the springmattress supporting means of the bed, said attachment projecting beyondbut terminating adjacent to the end posts of said head or foot member.

3. In combination with a bed, a protecting attachment located at theoutside of and running across and spaced from the head or foot memberthereof and comprising a bar secured to the bed and having curvedprotecting ends terminating adjacent to the posts of said head or footmember.

4. In combination with a bed having angle iron members, a protectingattachment located at the outside of and extending in the same directionas the head or foot member thereof and comprising a bar secured to suchangle iron members of the bed, said bar projecting beyond butterminating adjacent to the end posts of said member.

5. In combination with a bed having a head and a foot member, aprotecting attachment located at the outside of and ex tending in thesame direction as the head or foot member thereof, and adjustable meansfor attaching it in position, on a transverse angle iron bar of saidhead and foot members.

6. In combination with a bed comprising a head and a foot and havingtransverse bars, side bars adapted to be clamped to said transverse barsand provided with proj ecting portions extending beyond the head andfoot, and a protecting member secured to said projecting portions.

7. In combination with a bed comprising a head and a foot and havingtransverse bars, and side bars adapted to be adjustably clamped to saidtransverse bars and provided with projecting portions extending beyondthe head and foot, and a protecting member secured to said projectingportions.

8. In combination with a bed comprising a head and foot and transversebars, short side bars clamped to said transverse bars, each of theclamping means comprising a pair of clamping devices adapted to engagethe transverse bars, each of said side bars having projecting portionsextending beyond the head and foot, and protecting members comprisingbars clamped. to said projecting portions and having curved ends.

9. In combination with a bed comprising a head and foot and transversebars, short sidebars clamped to said transverse bars and one shiftabletoward and from the other, each of the clamping means comprising a pairof clamping devices adapted to engage the transverse bars, each of saidside bars having projecting portions extending beyond the head and foot,and protecting members comprising bars clamped to said projectingportions and having curved ends.

10. A detachable bed guard comprising a member adapted to be'attached tothe head or foot of a bed and detachable means for securing the saidmember outside of and spaced from the head or foot thereof.

11. A bed protector for a metallic bed comprising a bar adapted to beattached outside of and extending in the same direction as the head orfoot thereof, and adjustable means for attaching it to the bed.

12. A bed protector comprising a pair of side bars adapted to beattached to the bed JOHN F. KAMPE.

and each having projections adapted to extend beyond the head and footof the bed, and protecting bars secured to said projections.

13. A bed protector for a metallic bed comprising a pair of side barsadapted to be attached to the bed and each having projections adapted toextend beyond the head and foot of the bed, and protecting bars securedto said projections, each of Witnesses:

F. E. BOYCE, J. F. PURcELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G."

